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Table 2 Treatments given for under-five children with SAM admitted in SPHMMC from 2012 to 2019, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (n = 610)

From: Determinants of mortality among under-five children admitted with severe acute malnutrition in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Variables

Treatment Outcome

Total, n (%)

Censored, n (%)

Death, n (%)

IV antibiotics

 Yes

511 (89.5)

60 (10.5)

571 (100)

 No

38 (97.4)

1 (2.6)

39 (100)

PO antibiotics

 Yes

175 (96.7)

6 (3.3)

181 (100)

 No

374 (87.2)

55 (12.8)

429 (100)

IV fluids

 Yes

93 (66.4)

47 (33.6)

140 (100)

 No

456 (97)

14 (3)

470 (100)

Blood Transfusion

 Yes

43 (70.5)

18 (29.5)

61 (100)

 No

506 (92.2)

43 (7.8)

549 (100)

ReSoMal

 Yes

304 (86.6)

47 (13.4)

351 (100)

 No

245 (94.6)

14 (5.4)

259 (100)

F75

 Yes

458 (89.3)

55 (10.7)

513 (100)

 No

91 (93.8)

6 (5.2)

97 (100)

F100

 Yes

474 (95.6)

22 (4.4)

496 (100)

 No

75 (65.8)

39 (34.2)

114 (100)

Plumpy nut

 Yes

219 (98.2)

4 (1.8)

223 (100)

 No

330 (85.3)

57 (14.7)

387 (100)

Vitamin A

 Yes

241 (94.5)

14 (5.5)

255 (100)

 No

308 (86.8)

47 (13.2)

355 (100)

Folic Acid

 Yes

241 (94.5)

14 (5.5)

365 (100)

 No

308 (86.8)

47 (13.2)

245 (100)

Zinc

 Yes

183 (93.8)

12 (6.1)

195 (100)

 No

366 (88.2)

49 (11.8)

415 (100)

Iron

 Yes

178 (97.8)

4 (2.2)

182 (100)

 No

371 (86.7)

57 (13.3)

428 (100)

Vitamin D

 Yes

49 (90.7)

5 (9.3)

54 (100)

 No

500 (89.9)

56 (10.1)

556 (100)

De-worming

 Yes

100 (99)

1 (1)

101 (100)

 No

449 (88.2)

60 (11.8)

509 (100)

NG tube feeding

 Yes

453 (88.6)

58 (11.4)

511 (100)

 No

96 (97)

3 (3)

99 (100)

  1. PO Per-mouth, IV Intravenous, ReSoMal Rehydration solution for malnutrition, NG Nasogastric tube